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Information on the Michigan arrest warrant process.

By Attorney James Czarnecki|Czarnecki & Taylor PLLC|NOV, 3, 2022

Information on Michigan arrest warrants.
Information on Michigan arrest warrants.

This article provides detailed information on the Michigan arrest warrant process. An arrest warrant is an authorization from the court that gives the police the authority to arrest someone. A police officer cannot issue a warrant. Only the court can. Typically, a police officer swears to facts that support the warrant in open court before the judge. A “swear to” is a statement made under oath alleging facts that support probable cause for an arrest.

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How to handle your Michigan arrest warrant.

By Attorney James Czarnecki|Czarnecki & Taylor PLLC|NOV 2, 2022

Michigan arrest warrants
How to handle your Michigan arrest warrant.

Warrants can be a distressing situation, and it may seem like you’re in the deep end with no easy way out. If you have an arrest warrant for you, we want to help. We’ll walk through how to handle your Michigan arrest warrant that’s been issued for you so that you can take care of what needs doing.

How does a Michigan arrest warrant get issued?

An arrest warrant is a court-authorized document allowing the police to arrest someone to bring them to court. A judge issues an arrest warrant after being presented with information from the police. Before the court authorizes the warrant, the police must appear before the judge and make a sworn statement. The statement must establish probable cause that a crime had been committed and that the person named in the warrant committed the crime. The officer’s statement must be supported by evidence.

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